The end is near!

The school year ends here in good ol' Georgia next Friday. Preschool's last day is tomorrow. They're having an ice cream party and we're in charge of the 'oreo sprinkles'. At first I thought "That's pretty damned specific" but my veteran Moms at boot camp this morning informed me the're just oreo cookie crumbles. Duh. Now I have to buy some oreos, crumble them (apparently breaking them in a bag turns them to dust) and hide the remaining cookies from my compulsive overeating oldest.

Here's the thing that chaps my ass- the end of the year gift. My oldest has 3 teachers this year. One left in April on maternity leave.

"We've been fortunate enough to have 3 teachers this year! Please send in $25-$30 to go towards a gift card for each teacher."

Wait---what? Don't get me wrong, I love and appreciate teachers. It's a shitty job and they're not exactly getting rich. However I donated $ for the babyshower. And Christmas. And birthday. And author's tea. Thanksgiving. And I send in candy, drinks, paper towels, money for relay for life. I take time off work (not like I get paid sick days!) to volunteer in the classroom. More times than not I'm standing around doing nothing because we have too many volunteers.
Now I need to send in $30? There are 18 students in that class. Those teachers are getting a nice chunk of change.
We also have a special ed teacher- $20 to Target.
Occupational Therapy Teacher- $10 to Target.
Speech- $10 to Target.
Oh wait- I have another child!
$20 to each teacher to Target.
About $100. For the end of the year. Teachers get the summer off and they still get paid. Most of them have second jobs over the summer.
If I 'forget' to send in the gifts on the designated day- oh yes, there's a 'day' for these things- Xan reads me the riot act. EVERYONE gave gifts Mommy. I feel so dumb. I've felt like that too many times- sticking out like a sore thumb at school.

Although I felt that way because my Mom would pass out drunk in the bathroom at a school function or my Dad was sleeping with another student's nasty Mom and she told everyone.

Now that I think of it- will $30 be enough? :P